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ASIDIC meets in March in Orlando
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randall Marcinko)
Mon Feb 2 20:36:45 1998
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 16:51:02 -0600
From: Randall Marcinko <rmarcink@ix.netcom.com>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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Sorry for any cross posting of this information industry meeting
announcment.
ASIDIC 1998 Spring Meeting
March 15-17, 1998
Orlando, Florida
ADVANCED INFORMATION SERVICES: Planning for the Year 2000+
Program Chair: John A. Hearty, OCLC, Inc.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Introduction to the Program: Technology can be both friend and foe to
information providers and users. While technological advances can improve
the quality and timeliness of information services, they can also bring
profound changes to an industry already "shell shocked" by the latest
barrage of technological innovations. This meeting will address the
current pace of evolution in information technology and provide strategies
for coping with the many changes on the horizon and for taking advantage of
the opportunities these changes present.
Speakers at the ASIDIC Spring 1998 meeting will focus their presentations
on what the world of information systems and services will be like in the
year 2000 and beyond. This program is certain to generate lively
discussion and provide the participants with an opportunity to spend some
quality time thinking strategically. Don't miss this opportunity to
network and to learn!
Sunday, March 15, 1998
4:00 Registration
6:00-8:00 Reception - Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres
Monday, March 16, 1998
7:30-8:15 Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:15-9:00 ASIDIC Business Meeting
9:00 Welcome: Thomas H. Hogan, ASIDIC President
Introduction of the Program Chair John Hearty, OCLC,
Inc.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Confronting the Future: Bracing for the Brave New Information
World
Ron Dunn, President, Information Industry Association
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15 PLANNING FOR TECHNOLOGY
Moderator: Marjorie M.K. Hlava, President, Access Innovations, Inc.
As Computer Platforms Blur, Storage Requirements
Crystallize
Randy Chalfant, Director, Growth Markets, StorageTek
Tomorrow's computing will be content rich, secure, inexpensive, and
heterogeneous; what technologies and markets will facilitate and drive
that future?
Internet 2
Speaker TBA
Implications of the Acceptance of a Metadata Standard
on Content Owners
Stuart Weibel, Consulting Research Scientist,
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Metadata standards will help content providers make their resources more
visible on the Web and help users find what they are looking for. It will
also threaten many of these same players.
Underpinning the DOI: A Handle System Overview
Larry Lannom, CNRI
A technical overview of the CNRI Handle System, which provides a persistent
identifier scheme for digital objectives on networks. Its applications
will have a significant impact on primary and secondary publishers as well
as libraries and end users.
12:15-2:00 Luncheon
2:00 NEW INFORMATION DELIVERY DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
Moderator: Becky Clarke,
Vice President, National Accounts and
Strategic Alliances, R.R. Bowker
E Content and Digital Library Outlook
Vince Yannuzzi, President, IBM Digital Library
We are in an E Content revolution. What will be the content economic value
opportunities and what are the potential digitization and E distribution
pitfalls facing repository managers?
The Future Impact of Intranets on Content Providers:
What Functionality will Information Professionals and End Users Expect?
Howard McQueen, CEO, McQueen Consulting
Intranets will increasingly play a significant role for the distribution of
content to the end user, necessitating the adoption of new methods for
packaging and selling information to institutions.
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45 Beyond Push. To "Smart Push."
Peter White, President, WavePhore Newscast
The advent of push technology creates tremendous
opportunities both for information vendors and their
corporate clients. But the real challenge is to pursue
a model of "smart pushing" in which enterprises are not
overwhelmed by unnecessary information, while still
benefiting from the mission-critical alerts so vital
for competitive success in our real-time world.
WavePhore Newscast President Peter White will outline
his company's vision of smart pushing, which includes
the marrying of the best features of push technology
with advanced profiling and filtering features, all for
integration into a company's intranet or extranet.
Channel Distribution
Speaker TBA
6:30 Dinner at the Adventurers Club
Tuesday, March 17, 1998
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 BUSINESS OF DISTRIBUTION
MODERATOR: Rick Noble,
Chief Executive Officer, Micromedex
Distance Learning in Higher Education: panacea or
turkey
Martin Dillon, Executive Director of the OCLC
Institute, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
The ubiquity of digital technologies has accelerated a move toward distance
learning in higher education. Crucial questions remain unanswered: what
are the limits of distance education? Appropriate areas of application?
Potential cost benefits? Expectations?
Schools in the Next Millennium
David Barr, Director of Learning at a Distance
Programs, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
A variety of new information sources promise to free teachers from the
traditional role of information provider and to enable schools to create
information enriched educational environments where learning is more
independent, individualized, interactive, integrative and intuitive.
Emerging Trends in Academic and Public Libraries
Katherine Blauer, Vice President of Sales, IAC
Libraries are undergoing significant changes that are beginning to impact
the way they buy. Trends that are emerging today will impact every
publisher who sells to libraries.
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00 E Commerce and New Distribution Opportunities
Nancy Knight, Vice President, Imark Technologies
The growth of Internet access combined with the
availability of electronic commerce provide tremendous
opportunities to reach new customers and new markets as
well as to develop new products.
11:30 End Notes & Lively Discussion
12:00 Meeting Adjourns
REGISTRATION FORM
ASIDIC 1998 SPRING MEETING
March 15-17, 1998
Hotel Royal Plaza at Walt Disney World Village
1905 Hotel Plaza Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
ADVANCED INFORMATION SERVICES: Planning for the Year 2000+
ATTENDEE NAME ____________________________________________________
GUEST(S) NAME ____________________________________________________
ORGANIZATION ____________________________________________________
ADDRESS ____________________________________________________
TELEPHONE ____________________E-MAIL ADDRESS _____________________
PLEASE INDICATE:New Member_______First ASIDIC Meeting______________
Dietary Requirements/Vegetarian Meals______________
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: GUEST REGISTRATION:
(Fee includes continental _____Guest(s) at $90.00
breakfasts, reception, and (This fee covers the reception
And Monday night event) And Monday night event. GUESTS
MUST ACCOMPANY PAID ATTENDEE)
_____MEMBER AT $200.00 _____Guest(s) SUNDAY ONLY $25.00
_____NON-MEMBER AT $250.00 _____Guest(s) MONDAY ONLY $70.00
TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED $__________________
Checks should be made payable to ASIDIC (U.S. FUNDS ONLY)and mailed to P.
O. BOX 8105, ATHENS, GA 30603. Please send a separate copy of the
registration form to the ASIDIC Secretariat when sending it to your
accounting department for check preparation. REQUESTS FOR REFUNDS OF
REGISTRATION FEES MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO March 15,
1998. Telephone the Secretariat at (706) 542-6820.
Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Hotel Royal Plaza using
the enclosed reservation form. THE CONFERENCE RATES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH
FEBRUARY 11, 1998. Room rates are $149 single, double, triple and quad.
Recommended shuttle service to/from the Royal Plaza is Mears Shuttle (407)
839-1570. Mears is available at the airport all hours of the day, 7 days a
week, and the fare is around $14/person. Taxis are not recommended as the
fare can be quite expensive.
PLANNED ACTIVITIES
Planned social activities include the Sunday night reception in the hotel.
On Monday evening, attendees and guests will enjoy dinner and
entertainment at the Adventurers Club on Disney's Pleasure Island.
Attendees (and guests) requiring vegetarian meals should indicate so on
this form (see above).
HOTEL ROYAL PLAZA
WALT DISNEY WORLD VILLAGE
. . . IS PLEASED TO HOST:
GROUP NAME: ASSOCIATION OF INFORMATION & DISSEMINATION CENTERS (ASIDIC)
GROUP DATES: March 13 - 17, 1998 GROUP CODE#: 2520
Special group rates have been extended as follows:
$149.00 SINGLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE & QUAD
* The reservation card must be received by 2/11/98 after which rooms will
be sold on a space available basis.
* A one night's room and tax deposit is required to hold your reservation.
Enclose deposit check or money order or provide a credit card number
below. One night's room and tax will be charged to the credit card.
* Hotel check-in is 4:00 p.m. Check-out time is 11:00 a.m.
* Group rates are honored only when booked directly with the hotel.
Advance deposits are refundable if canceled at least 6 days prior to
arrival date.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE INFORMATIOMN BELOW AND FAX/MAIL TO:
The Hotel Royal Plaza
1905 Hotel Plaza Boulevard
P.O. Box 22203
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Phone: 407-828-2828 or
800-248-7890
FAX: 407-827-6338
Name:____________________________Daytime Phone:____________________
Arrival Date:_________Est. Arrival Time:_______Departure Date______
Home
Address:_____________________City___________State____Zip___________
I will pay my account with ___Mastercard___Visa___Discover___JCB
___American Express___CB/Diners
(NAME ON CARD MUST MATCH NAME ON RESERVATION)
Cardholder's
Name:________________________Acct.#_____________________Exp:_______
Number of rooms required:_____Number of Adults:_____Children_____
SPECIAL REQUESTS:
I prefer a room with:__Two Double Beds__One King Bed__Crib
__Non-Smoking__Smoking
(Special requests will be honored whenever possible but are not
guaranteed.)
____________________________
Signature
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Internet Address: JWEBB@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
Telephone: (706) 542-6820 Computer Services Annex
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